I was thinking this might be a good alternative to flooding cookies.

1. I've tried two different icing recipies (antonia's and Toba's) and didn't like either for various reasons. I'm going to try one more before I completely give up on icing.

2. I would think using white modeling chocolate would be really easy, then I could just color it and do detail work in royal icing.

Any thoughts?

Hey Fragglerock!

I do most of my cookie decorating with melted chocolate. I think you are talking about candy melts - like from Wilton - right? It tastes sooo much better than royal icing or fondant. The only thing is....it does not have a totally smooth shiny finish like royal icing. But everyone I know prefers the taste of the melted chocolate. I just buy the Wilton candy melts in various colors but if they don't make the color I need, then I just use candy colors to create my color. Have anymore questions about decorating with the chocolate? Email me.

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I have used candy clay to cover cookies. If you use the same cutter as the cookie, you can roll out the candy clay and cut a perfect 'cover' for the cookie. It is also nice to texture the clay before you cut it. And, for white, textured clay, a light brushing of super pearl dust gives a very elegant look to cookies.

You can place it with a light brushing of slightly diluted corn syrup or piping gel. and if you prepare you candy cut outs ahead of time, you can place them on the slightly warm cookies and it will melt on.

I thought they were delicious.

I used it when i took toba's cookie deco class. It tastes good, easy to work with, fast and less messy. I only tried it on a cooled down cookies so it went on like fondant. I used corn syrup to attached as JoAnn mentioned earlier. i also used cookie cutters and those rolling pins w/designs.

I asked this question in another post and didn't really get an answer. Can you use the powder coloring on candy melts instead of having to buy candy coloring?

Thanks!

kos

Katskakes- how did those chocolate chip cut-outs work? You never said.

fragglerock, have you tried dry fondant to make icing? I like it much better than Toba's or the other modified royal icing. You mix the dry/candy fondant with warm water, flav & color if you want it colored. It's easy & dries fast. Choc is also good.

Kos -

Sorry i guess i forgot to post about that. I tried them out and i loved them! it was easy to work with and easy to do. That wknd i discovered i was starting to get allergy reactions from the flour. Well my guess is the flour. I was rolling the dough and using a bit of flour so it wouldn't stick, my eyes were itching, my nose... i was a total mess. I made the regular NO-Fail cookies, the same thing happened. But i'm not giving up on cookies cause of my allergies.
This wknd i have cookies to make for a baby shower. so i think i'm going to use both the cc-cookies & the no fail.

thanks for the recipe!